[Gulliver is caught by a monkey on Brobdingnag] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Gulliver is caught by a monkey on Brobdingnag]
Period: 1850-1900;
Description: Here Gulliver is caught by a monkey who belonged to a clerk of the kitchen in the court of Brobdingnag. Gulliver was left in his box while Glumdalclitch went out and left the windows open. The monkey got loose and found Gulliver’s box and reached in the window and picked up Gulliver. The monkey held Gulliver as though he were a baby about to suckle and Gulliver pulls away from it, which is seen in this image. The monkey was startled by a noise and climbed out the window, taking Gulliver with him. Rocks were thrown to try and get the monkey down, however someone had to go up to the roof to get the monkey down with Gulliver. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21417
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1870 Stuttgart Grandville; 1870 Stuttgart Grandville
Image: mta_21417_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Monkeys in literature; giants; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures; Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place)